1. 30 Jan


    Julia Gillard visits Nightmares Fear Factory.

    Julia Gillard visits Nightmares Fear Factory.

     

  2. 26 Jan


    I have to stop buying cameras until I can catch up on my film scanning, but I’m pretty excited about this one! A Nikon FM2, in mint condition! (Taken with instagram)

    I have to stop buying cameras until I can catch up on my film scanning, but I’m pretty excited about this one! A Nikon FM2, in mint condition! (Taken with instagram)

     

  3. 20 Jan


    I worked with the great team at Big Fish once again to produce a series of images for their client, Go Health. It was a fun shoot which involved a lot of moving of excercise equipment, taking over the spin room on location. I’m really happy with the final artwork and the use of colour is delicious. You can see a few more of the images from the shoot, here. marklobo.com.au @marklobo
    I worked with the great team at Big Fish once again to produce a series of images for their client, Go Health. It was a fun shoot which involved a lot of moving of excercise equipment, taking over the spin room on location. I’m really happy with the final artwork and the use of colour is delicious. You can see a few more of the images from the shoot, here.

    marklobo.com.au
    @marklobo

     

  4. 19 Jan


    This is so great. superamit: Many of you have asked, so here’s what’s going on with me. WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE 8/1979: Born. Grew up in CT, built a killer eraser collection, fell in love with computers. Left college to start a company. Fell hard. Fled to India for 3 months. Started 2nd company. Learned to be an adult. Fell in love with NYC. Moved to SF, discovered burritos & some of my fave people on Earth. 9/2011: Got diagnosed with Leukemia! Cried. Went through 3 cycles of chemo. Hurt. Thought hard about what I want out of life. Grew up a second time. TODAY … After over 100 drives organized by friends, family, and strangers, celebrity call-outs, a bazillion reblogs (7000+!), tweets, and Facebook posts, press, fundraising and international drives organized by tireless friends, and a couple painful false starts, I’ve got a 10/10 matched donor! You all literally helped save my life. (And the lives of many others.) WHAT HAPPENS NEXT Tomorrow, I’ll be admitted to Dana Farber in Boston for 4-5 weeks. First I’ll get a second Hickman line to allow direct access to my heart (for meds and for nutrients if I’m not able to eat). Over the next week, the docs blast my body with a stiff chemo cocktail to try and eradicate all traces of cancer cells. In the process, the immune system I was born with, and my body’s ability to make blood, are destroyed. Next Friday, I get my donor’s stem cells by IV. I start on immunosuppressants to prevent my body from rejecting them (I’ll be on them for 12-18 months). For these weeks I’ve no immune system, so I’m severely vulnerable to viruses and bacteria. My hospital room and hallway become my world. Meanwhile, the stem cells make their way to my bone marrow and, with some luck, start producing platelets, red blood cells, and white blood cells. At this point, my blood type changes to the blood type of my donor. And my blood will now have my donor’s DNA, not my own. This is science fiction stuff. I can hardly believe it’s even possible, and there’s lots of chances for things to go wrong. It’s frightening. AFTER THE TRANSPLANT Recovery to a new state of “normal” takes about a year, but there’s a few storm clouds hovering: My immune system is new, like a baby’s. I’m prone to getting sick. Just as with any organ transplant, there’s a chance of rejection. Except in this case, it’s my blood that’s the foreign body, and it touches every organ. They call it graft-vs-host-disease and it can cause health issues and organ complications for the rest of my life. Successful transplant or not, Leukemia can relapse. Stubborn mofo. Overall, 75% of AML transplant patients survive year one, 50% make it through year five. My odds are a little better since I’m young. THE GREAT NEWS I’ve got a long road ahead. But I’ve got a donor & amazing family & friends. A few months ago I didn’t have many options. Today I have a plan. I am alive. I start tomorrow. Wish me luck! Thank you.
    This is so great.

    superamit:

    Many of you have asked, so here’s what’s going on with me.

    WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE

    • 8/1979: Born. Grew up in CT, built a killer eraser collection, fell in love with computers.
    • Left college to start a company. Fell hard. Fled to India for 3 months.
    • Started 2nd company. Learned to be an adult. Fell in love with NYC.
    • Moved to SF, discovered burritos & some of my fave people on Earth.
    • 9/2011: Got diagnosed with Leukemia!
    • Cried. Went through 3 cycles of chemo. Hurt. Thought hard about what I want out of life. Grew up a second time.

    TODAY

    … After over 100 drives organized by friends, family, and strangers, celebrity call-outs, a bazillion reblogs (7000+!), tweets, and Facebook posts, press, fundraising and international drives organized by tireless friends, and a couple painful false starts, I’ve got a 10/10 matched donor!

    You all literally helped save my life. (And the lives of many others.)

    WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

    Tomorrow, I’ll be admitted to Dana Farber in Boston for 4-5 weeks.

    First I’ll get a second Hickman line to allow direct access to my heart (for meds and for nutrients if I’m not able to eat). Over the next week, the docs blast my body with a stiff chemo cocktail to try and eradicate all traces of cancer cells. In the process, the immune system I was born with, and my body’s ability to make blood, are destroyed.

    Next Friday, I get my donor’s stem cells by IV. I start on immunosuppressants to prevent my body from rejecting them (I’ll be on them for 12-18 months). For these weeks I’ve no immune system, so I’m severely vulnerable to viruses and bacteria. My hospital room and hallway become my world.

    Meanwhile, the stem cells make their way to my bone marrow and, with some luck, start producing platelets, red blood cells, and white blood cells. At this point, my blood type changes to the blood type of my donor. And my blood will now have my donor’s DNA, not my own.

    This is science fiction stuff. I can hardly believe it’s even possible, and there’s lots of chances for things to go wrong. It’s frightening.

    AFTER THE TRANSPLANT

    Recovery to a new state of “normal” takes about a year, but there’s a few storm clouds hovering:

    • My immune system is new, like a baby’s. I’m prone to getting sick.
    • Just as with any organ transplant, there’s a chance of rejection. Except in this case, it’s my blood that’s the foreign body, and it touches every organ. They call it graft-vs-host-disease and it can cause health issues and organ complications for the rest of my life.
    • Successful transplant or not, Leukemia can relapse. Stubborn mofo.

    Overall, 75% of AML transplant patients survive year one, 50% make it through year five. My odds are a little better since I’m young.

    THE GREAT NEWS

    I’ve got a long road ahead. But I’ve got a donor & amazing family & friends. A few months ago I didn’t have many options. Today I have a plan.

    I am alive. I start tomorrow. Wish me luck!

    Thank you.

     

  5. 17 Jan


    Photographed for Von Vintage. My favourite print from the series of work so far. vonvintage: Bronica on Hasselblad by Mark Lobo More Von Vintage prints here.
    Photographed for Von Vintage. My favourite print from the series of work so far.

    vonvintage:

    Bronica on Hasselblad by Mark Lobo

    More Von Vintage prints here.

     

  6. 16 Jan


    I photographed Rob at the Farmer’s Markets in Marfa, Texas last year. He’s an incredibly talented artist, photographer and instagrammer! Check out his beautiful work here: robertjosiah.net/ Follow the Phoot Camp blog on Tumblr to see everyone’s work. marklobo.com.au/phootcamp2011 @marklobo
    I photographed Rob at the Farmer’s Markets in Marfa, Texas last year. He’s an incredibly talented artist, photographer and instagrammer! Check out his beautiful work here: robertjosiah.net/

    Follow the Phoot Camp blog on Tumblr to see everyone’s work.

    marklobo.com.au/phootcamp2011
    @marklobo

     

  7. 13 Jan


    A “3d” portrait of Mimobase. marklobo.com.au @marklobo
    A “3d” portrait of Mimobase.

    marklobo.com.au
    @marklobo

     

  8. 12 Jan


    Nakamura Coltrane Nakamura Coltrane is a photography teacher at Radishweed High, in tropical North Queensland, Australia. After a failed career as a documentary film maker, Coltrane reluctantly turned to teaching. At the peak of his game, he received a 2 star review for his self funded documentary about his distant blood relation to Yoko Ono. The documentary famously ended with him losing a court case to Yoko and being issued with a restraining order. He is currently going through a second divorce and taking anger management classes. You can see more teachers from this series here. marklobo.com @marklobo

    Nakamura Coltrane

    Nakamura Coltrane is a photography teacher at Radishweed High, in tropical North Queensland, Australia. After a failed career as a documentary film maker, Coltrane reluctantly turned to teaching. At the peak of his game, he received a 2 star review for his self funded documentary about his distant blood relation to Yoko Ono. The documentary famously ended with him losing a court case to Yoko and being issued with a restraining order. He is currently going through a second divorce and taking anger management classes.

    You can see more teachers from this series here.

    marklobo.com
    @marklobo

     

  9. 11 Jan


    Lauren Randolph, photographed at the farmers markets in Marfa, Texas. Follow the Phoot Camp blog on Tumblr to see everyone’s work. marklobo.com.au/phootcamp2011 @marklobo

    Lauren Randolph, photographed at the farmers markets in Marfa, Texas.

    Follow the Phoot Camp blog on Tumblr to see everyone’s work.

    marklobo.com.au/phootcamp2011
    @marklobo

     

  10. 9 Jan


    This hammock was the best birthday present ever.  I’ve clocked up quite a number of hours lazing in it and trying to do every possible piece of work I can on the laptop from the backyard. marklobo.com.au @marklobo

    This hammock was the best birthday present ever.  I’ve clocked up quite a number of hours lazing in it and trying to do every possible piece of work I can on the laptop from the backyard.

    marklobo.com.au
    @marklobo